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This list tracks the presumed support (based on endorsements) for given United States presidential candidates among the 775 unpledged delegates (commonly known as superdelegates, and referred to in the 2020 election cycle as "automatic delegates" [1]) who were eligible to cast a vote at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Under party rules, automatic delegates shall "legally reside in their respective state and ... shall be recognized as part of their state's delegation" (Rule 9.E). [7] For example, in the 2008 convention, former Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis was a superdelegate (by virtue of his position as a past DNC chair), but because he had moved to Florida in 2006, he was counted as part of the Florida ...
47 Democratic members of the United States Senate (including Washington, DC shadow senators) 21 Democratic governors (including territorial governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia). Superdelegates are "unpledged" in the sense that they themselves decide which candidate to support.
Democratic Members of Congress, District of Columbia shadow senators and non-voting House members. Distinguished party leaders (consisting of current and former Presidents, Vice Presidents, congressional leaders, and DNC chairs) Democratic superdelegates are free to support any candidate for the presidential nomination.
231.5 votes from 238 members of the House of Representatives. This category includes 234 Representatives from the states, and 4 Congressional Delegates from DC and from the Territories. The 15 Michigan and Florida Representatives have only 0.5 vote each. 413 votes from 432 Democratic National Committee Members.
The Democratic Party uses pledged delegates and unpledged delegates (generally known as superdelegates or sometimes as automatic delegates), a combined system which had been introduced in 1984. Between 1984 and 2016, a candidate for the Democratic nomination had to win a majority of combined delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention.
Therefore, DSA members and endorsees usually run as members of the Democratic Party, Green Party, Working Families Party, or as independents. [ citation needed ] In the 2017 elections, DSA members were elected to fifteen state and local offices. [ 1 ]
All of the Democratic members of Congress are also superdelegates to their party's presidential nominating convention, except for those from Florida and Michigan. For further details of superdelegates and their voting intentions see List of superdelegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. This page lists congressional endorsements ...